Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-17
ORDINANCE NO. 226.

Granting to the parties herein named the
| privilege to construct, maintain, and
| operate street railroad In the City
of Sacramento, and granting to them
the right Of way for said street rail
road over, upon, and along certain
streets In the City of Sacramento.
TINE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY
| OF Sacramento do 0rdain as follows:
SECTION !. There is hereby granted to R. S.
and q. W. Carey, their heirs and assigns, sub
iect to the provisions of the statutes governing
the City of Sacramento. and subject TO the laws
of the State OF California the right to construct
| bay down, repair maintain and operate for the
term OF ifty years from and after the passage OF
this ordinance, single or double track Street
\ railway or railroad, with all necessary or con
venient tracks for curves, turn-cuts switches
| side-tracks, stations, turntables and append.
sges, and to propel cars thereon by horse or mule
power. or by wire ropes running under the
Streets and moved by stationary steam engines
or by electricity or electric power, and to col.
| lect receive and retain fare and compensation
| for the use thereof, in, throHgas, on, over o,
( along, and in, through, on, over and along the
following streets and parts of streets in the City
of Sacramento, that is to say: Commencing al
| the street railroad track now at the center OF
| the intersection OF X and Twentieth t2Oth)
streets, and running thence along the middle oil
| K street to Twenty-eighth (2Sth) street also
commencing at the street railroad track at the
center'Of the intersection of o and Twentieth
GOTH streets, and running thence along.O street
| TO Twenty-eighth street. the same being exten.
sions of the railFoad.or railway now owned and
operated by said r. s. and e. w. Carey.
SECTION = The rate of fare on such railroad
or railway must not exceed the sum of five cents
for single fare.
| SECTION 3. The grantees herein named shall
pay 10 the City Of Sacramento an annual license
OF five dollars upon each ear run and operated
upon said railroad or railway, which shall en-.
title them to run, manage and operate theiI
| railroad or railway every day in'the year.
SECTION 1. The grantees herein named NAV nj
at any time, with the consent of the Board OF
| Trustees OF said City of Sacramento, abandon
any part or portion of the franchise hereby
granted, upon filing with the Board of Trustees
| OF the City of Sacramento written declaration
| of such abandonment, particularly describing
! the part or portion intended to be abandoned.
The consent OF the Board of Trustees to such
IL abandonment must also be in writing
| SECTION .. The rate of speed on said railroad
OF railway must not be greater than. eight miles
| per hour.
SECTION 6. The grantees herein named shall
pay and be assessed for the cost of improving the
portion of the streets or street embraced between
the rails OF the track tracks of their railroad
or railway. and for two feet each side hereof:
and such assessment; shall be lien against the
franchise and railroad OF said grantees froK the
date of such assessment and may be collected
in the same manner a. other assessments for
improving streets are collected; and s2id
grantees shall keep said portion of said street
or streets constantly in repair and flush with tk
street and with good crossings.
SECTION !. IL electricity is used no poles shall
be erected in the streets for the use thereof bv
said parties.
mediately. EUGENE +. GREGORY,
President Board of Trustees.
Passed September l., 1887.
r III. MCKEE. Clerk